CVE-2017-5681 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The RSA-CRT implementation in the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) Engine for OpenSSL versions prior to 0.5.19 may allow remote attackers to obtain private RSA keys by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack.

Published: 2017-03-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Intel

Intel Quick Assist Technology

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Before v0.5.19`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:intel:quickassist_technology_engine:0.5.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-14758	The RSA-CRT implementation in the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) Engine for OpenSSL versions prior to 0.5.19 may allow remote attackers to obtain private RSA keys by conducting a Lenstra side-channel attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00297.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00071&languageid=en-fr

History

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Subscriptions

Intel Quickassist Technology Engine

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published: 2017-03-07T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:11:48.289Z

Reserved: 2017-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5681

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-07T18:59:00.170

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-5681

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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